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<p>Thanks for choosing Pentaho Data Integration and joining a huge community of users and developers contributing to the long-term success of this project. Your contributions will help us innovate and improve every day.</p>

<p>Here are some instructions to help you engage and move our collective project forward.</p>

<p><em>Matt Casters, Chief of data integration at Pentaho and Pedro Alves, SVP Community at Pentaho</em></p>

<h2 id='getting_started'>Getting Started</h2>

<p>New user? Want to know how to get started? Check out our documentation. These documents are also available in the <em>Pentaho Data Integration</em> installation directory, under <em>docs/</em>.</p>

<ul>
<li><a href='../getting_started_with_pdi.pdf'>Get Started With DI</a></li>

<li><a href='../InformationMap.html'>DI Documentation</a></li>
</ul>

<h2 id='documentation'>Documentation</h2>

<p>Both the <a href='http://help.pentaho.com'>Pentaho Help</a> and the <a href='http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/EAI/Latest+Pentaho+Data+Integration+%28aka+Kettle%29+Documentation'>Kettle Wiki</a> are extensive repositories of information. To learn more spend time navigating content through these important links.</p>

<ul>
<li><a href='http://help.pentaho.com/Documentation/5.1/0L0/0Y0'>Pentaho Help, Create DI Solutions</a></li>

<li><a href='http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/EAI/Pentaho+Data+Integration+Steps'>Transformation Steps Documentation</a></li>

<li><a href='
http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/EAI/Pentaho+Data+Integration+Job+Entries'>Job Steps Documentation</a></li>

<li><a href='http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/EAI/List+of+Available+Pentaho+Data+Integration+Plug-Ins'>Community Plugins</a></li>
</ul>

<h2 id='samples'>Samples</h2>

<p><em>PDI</em> is bundled with numerous samples. To view, from the menu bar, click on <em>File &gt; Import from an XML file</em> and navigate to the <em>samples</em> under your <em>PDI</em> installation directory.</p>

<h2 id='forums'>Forums</h2>

<p>The Pentaho forums are an excellent resource not only to get help from experts but also to pass on your expertise to less experienced users</p>

<ul>
<li><a href='http://forums.pentaho.com/forumdisplay.php?269-Data-Integration-Kettle'>Kettle Forums</a></li>

<li><a href='http://forums.pentaho.com/forumdisplay.php?301-Big-Data'>Bigdata Forums</a></li>
</ul>

<h2 id='irc'>IRC</h2>

<p><em>Internet Relay Chat</em>, <em>aka</em> <em>facebook of the 90&#8217;s</em>. Good old IRC surprisingly is not dead. On the contrary, since generic <em>&#8220;chit-chat&#8221;</em> moved, it&#8217;s one of the best technical resources for real-time collaborative communication.</p>

<p>Use your favorite client to meet us on server <em>irc.freenode.net</em>, channel <em>##pentaho</em> or use the <a href='http://webchat.freenode.net/'>webchat client</a></p>

<h2 id='mailing_list'>Mailing List</h2>

<p>This is the core developers&#8217; classic communication. To engage in low level coding and architecture decisions, this is the way to go.</p>

<ul>
<li><a href='https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/kettle-developers'><em>PDI</em> Mailing list</a></li>
</ul>

<h2 id='jira'>Jira</h2>

<p>Think you found a bug? Report it! We might not know about it and it&#8217;s the simplest way to help with the project.</p>

<ul>
<li><a href='http://jira.pentaho.com/browse/PDI'>Jira page</a></li>
</ul>

<h2 id='get_the_source'>Get the Source</h2>

<p>Want to build kettle from source? Fork it from <em>github</em> at <a href='https://github.com/pentaho/pentaho-kettle'>git@github.com:pentaho/pentaho-kettle.git</a>. Bring the bug fixes on.</p>

<h2 id='continuous_integration'>Continuous Integration</h2>

<p>Curious about what the next version will look like? Want to see if a bug is fixed? Download and test the most up to date version from our CI builds</p>

<ul>
<li><a href='http://ci.pentaho.com/view/Data%20Integration/'>Continuous integration</a></li>
</ul>

<h2 id='build_your_own_plugin'>Build Your Own Plugin</h2>

<p>Can&#8217;t find a particular step? If you have some Java knowledge go ahead and build it! <em>PDI</em> is a pluggable platform, and it&#8217;s simple to add new steps. We&#8217;ll help you with the process and then go ahead and submit it back to the community.</p>

<ul>
<li><a href='http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/EAI/Writing+your+own+Pentaho+Data+Integration+Plug-In'>Writing your own plugin</a></li>
</ul>

<h2 id='blogs'>Blogs</h2>

<p>Follow some of our most active bloggers</p>

<ul>
<li><a href='http://www.ibridge.be/'>Matt Casters on Data Integration</a></li>

<li><a href='http://funpdi.blogspot.com'>Matt Burgess on Fun with PDI</a></li>

<li><a href='http://kettle.bleuel.com/'>Jens Bleuel about Kettle</a></li>

<li><a href='http://diethardsteiner.blogspot.com/'>Diethard Steiner on Business Intelligence</a></li>

<li><a href='http://blog.pentaho.com/'>Pentaho Corp blog</a></li>

<li><a href='http://www.willgorman.com'>Will Gorman&#8217;s blog</a></li>

<li><a href='http://jamesdixon.wordpress.com'>James Dixon&#8217;s blog</a></li>

<li><a href='http://pedroalves-bi.blogspot.com/'>Pedro Alves on Business Intelligence</a></li>

<li><a href='https://dankeeley.wordpress.com/'>Dan Keeley (codeks) blog</a></li>
</ul>

<h2 id='books'>Books</h2>

<p>Take a look at our literature on Kettle</p>

<ul>
<li><a href='http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470635177.html'>Pentaho Kettle Solutions</a> from Matt Casters, Roland Bouman and Jos van Dongen</li>

<li><a href='http://www.packtpub.com/pentaho-data-integration-beginners-guide-2e/book'>Pentaho Data Integration Beginner&#8217;s Guide - Second Edition</a> from María Carina Roldán</li>

<li><a href='http://www.packtpub.com/pentaho-data-integration-4-cookbook/book'>Pentaho Data Integration 4 Cookbook</a> from María Carina Roldán and Adrián Sergio Pulvirenti</li>

<li><a href='http://www.packtpub.com/pentaho-data-integration-kitchen/book'>Instant Pentaho Data Integration Kitchen</a> from Sergio Ramazzina</li>
</ul>

<h2 id='get_in_touch'>Get in Touch</h2>

<p>Want to get in touch with comments, suggestions? We would love to hear from you.</p>

<ul>
<li>Email <a href='mailto:kettle-community@pentaho.com'>kettle-community@pentaho.com</a></li>
</ul>
